Zito, Guillen off Division Series roster

I heard a rumbling yesterday that Jose Guillen might be the odd man out in the 25-man roster, a bit surprising since the Giants seemed intent on starting him in right field throughout the stretch drive.

In the end, I believe, Guillen’s neck is still not right and the organization did not feel it could win with him, at least against Atlanta.

Guillen has been a groundball machine, and the Giants will face sinkerballers Derek Lowe and Tim Hudson in as many as three of the five games.

Cody Ross has played so well of late he earned right field. He’s been in the NL East his whole career. He saw a lot of Lowe and Hudson this year.

As I reported in this morning’s paper, Barry Zito was left off the roster entirely. There were no other surprises. Chris Ray and Dan Runzler are off. Edgar Renteria is on. He told me yesterday his elbow is fine. He can throw, so he is there to back up Juan Uribe.

For those who Tweeted me over the last few days saying the Giants should have left Eli Whiteside off the roster because he’s “dead weight,” and use Pablo Sandoval as the emergency catcher, c’mon, people.